Subash Chandra Rai v. The State of Bihar
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Subash Chandra Rai (petitioner, Kotnarahawa village, Gopalganj) versus the State of Bihar and sixteen other respondents, including the District Magistrate, Superintendent of Police and Sub Divisional Police Officer (Kuhaikot), Gopalganj, and thirteen private residents of Kotnarahawa named as land mafia/land grabbers (Munnilal Singh, Ajay Singh, Manjay Singh, Suresh Singh, Madan Singh, Dhruv Singh, Brij Kishore Singh, Udai Singh, Hari Lal Singh, Lal Bahadur Singh, Rajan Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Upendra Singh). Patna High Court CWJC No.14058 of 2024, oral order of Honourable Mr. Justice Mohit Kumar Shah dated 21-09-2024. Prayer for mandamus invoking Articles 21 and 300A of the Constitution of India for protection of life and property. Counsel: Pritish Ranjan (petitioner); Dr. Raisul Haque, SC-10 (respondents). No substantive direction passed: counsel sought and obtained liberty to approach the DM and SP, Gopalganj; writ petition disposed off. No precedents cited, no quantum involved.